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Work #556 · Late

Faust, Part Two (Faust: Der Tragödie zweiter Teil)

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
1832 (composed 1825-31; published posthumously) · German
Philosophical-symbolic drama · German Romanticism / Weimar Classicism

Goethe's 1832 Faust Part Two — culminating philosophical drama, completed in his final year

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Rows where works disagree are highlighted in gold. The full ontology grid is shown.

Attribute Faust, Part Two (Faust: Der Tragödie zweiter Teil) (Late)
Time · Extent Infinite
Time · Ontological Status Substantival
Time · Grain Continuous
Time · Freedom Non-Deterministic
Time · Traversability Linear
Time · Dimensionality One
Time · Direction Uni-directional
Space · Extent Infinite
Space · Ontological Status Substantival
Space · Curvature Flat
Space · Dimensionality Three
Space · Locality Local
Matter · Extent Infinite
Matter · Ontological Status Substantival
Matter · Conservation Conserved
Matter · Dimensionality Three
Matter · Locality Local
Observer · Time Instance Single
Observer · Space Instance Single
Observer · Knowledge Extent Partial
Observer · Knowledge Retainment Total
Observer · Physicality Embodied
Observer · Agency Both
Observer · Number Plural
Observer · Metaphysical Agency Cosmic-ordering
Observer · Moral Authority Experience
Observer · Theological Method
Energy · Extent Infinite
Energy · Ontological Status Substantival
Energy · Conservation Conserved
Energy · Dispersibility Irreversible
Information · Ontological Status Substantival
Information · Cosmic Conservation Conserved
Information · Personal Conservation Conserved
Information · Granularity Continuous

Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence

What each work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.

Time

Faust, Part Two (Faust: Der Tragödie zweiter Teil)

The mythic-historical time of Faust's adventures.

Space

Faust, Part Two (Faust: Der Tragödie zweiter Teil)

The symbolic-mythological space.

Matter

Faust, Part Two (Faust: Der Tragödie zweiter Teil)

The embodied striving Faust.

Observer

Faust, Part Two (Faust: Der Tragödie zweiter Teil)

Faust as Romantic-classical striving self.

Energy

Faust, Part Two (Faust: Der Tragödie zweiter Teil)

Energies of striving and Ewig-Weibliche.

Information

Faust, Part Two (Faust: Der Tragödie zweiter Teil)

Goethe's late philosophical-dramatic synthesis.

Internal Tensions

Where each work's argument pulls against itself.

Faust, Part Two (Faust: Der Tragödie zweiter Teil)

Goethe's lifelong masterwork; the symbolic-philosophical density makes Faust II foundational for hermeneutical traditions.